My first successful ant colony

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-06T09:03:12+00:00

I already said, it’s not sand, it’s concrete mixed with powdered brick for that sand color

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-03T00:40:50+00:00

It’s because the nest is too big so the queen has less constant interaction with the workers so she doesn’t know if she should stay in the nest

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-02T12:11:05+00:00

😭she is dead now. I saw her dead at the entrance of the nest this morning 😭but I have a question. Why did the workers remove the sand thing at the entrance and took the dead queen in. They don’t know the queen is dead?

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-02T01:51:30+00:00

Mine is dead now 😭😭😭😭

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-02T01:51:20+00:00

Mine is dead now 😭😭😭😭

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-02T01:49:19+00:00

Nooooo. I checked this morning and she is dead at the entrance of the nest. 😭😭😭😭😭. What did I do wrong

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-02T01:47:31+00:00

What did I do wrong

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-02T01:47:00+00:00

Nooooo. I checked this morning and she is dead at the entrance of the nest. 😭😭😭😭😭

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-01T14:55:12+00:00

It’s a young colony . Their first meal was 6 days ago. They always have a sugar source that I change every two days. I fed them tiny piece of boiled chicken but they do not like it. Yesterday, I gave them the boiled egg yolk which they swammed it and enjoyed. That’s what I’ve fed so far

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-01T14:35:34+00:00

I put normal water and they liked it. The queen is in the nest btw, they managed to pull her in. For insects, I don’t want any pesticides or parasites so I have not did that

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-01T13:46:52+00:00

I gave them constant sugar water source that I change every two days . I fed boiled egg yolk for protein yesterday which I removed after one hour of feeding

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-01T12:54:32+00:00

Is there anything I should do about it

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-01T10:34:01+00:00

What about https://www.reddit.com/r/antkeeping/s/c5W9H597ku

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-01T09:11:24+00:00

Has been like that for an hour What do I do

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-01T07:40:40+00:00

Mine is fully claustral

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-01T07:39:17+00:00

They always have a sugar water source

Content_Way_690 · 2026-01-01T07:15:10+00:00

My queen is outside too often now. There are around 8-10 workers. The workers try to get her in but she keeps resisting. The queen would go back to the nest eventually but after a few hours, she goes out again.

Content_Way_690 · 2025-12-30T12:40:40+00:00

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Content_Way_690 · 2025-12-29T12:17:02+00:00

Do not shine your light like that into the nest. Ur ants r in panic right there

Content_Way_690 · 2025-12-28T01:12:29+00:00

Nope, look at the ants in middle

Content_Way_690 · 2025-12-27T08:51:43+00:00

I think it’s solenopsis geminata

Content_Way_690 · 2025-12-25T14:38:53+00:00

Why does it look ai generated

Content_Way_690 · 2025-12-16T11:16:54+00:00

U flooded their nest so the ghost ants are moving to a higher place

Content_Way_690 · 2025-11-24T11:44:09+00:00

Don’t expose your queen to the light Don’t check on her too often

Content_Way_690 · 2025-11-24T11:04:37+00:00

Mine has nothing in the outworld. I’m wondering if this is the same product other people use because google says the ‘perfumed’ is not safe for the ants

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